– Former USATF president Doug Logan, talking in a New York Times article about Eugene’s bid for the 2019 World Championships. Logan wanted the US to host when he was in charge, but the financial cost and lack of a big stadium in a major city were problems.

Week That Was

We recap the week of pro track and field: "Look at Mills, Look at Mills!," the marathon world record is dropping faster than ever,the Canadian marathon record lives on, a big week for Nick Symmonds, a bad week for Jeff Demps, and what about the OSU runner who flipped off Justin Gatlin?Plus we talk about Steve Scott's manhood battle with cancer.

NCAA XC Analysis

The two biggest races of NCAA cross-country's regular season - the adidas Wisconsin Invitational and the Pre-National Invitational - are in the books and they produced a ton of data for us to analyze. We make sense of it all and give you eight takeaways from the weekend's action.

NXN Moving To New Course

DyeStat Article/Reaction FM coach Bill Aris:“I like this course. I think it’s a great improvement. We lose the hay bales, the mud, the pretender hills. This course affords a good challenge and covers a lot of bases.“

This Weekend’s Road Action

21-Year-Old Abraham Cheroben Wins Valencia Half In World-Leading 58:48 Cheroben moves to 5th fastest in history but wasn’t satisfied as he thought warmer-than-ideal conditions kept him from the WR. “I’m convinced I can break the 58-minute barrier.” Kenneth Kipkemoi was second in 59:01. Doper Matthew Kisorio pushed the pace and ran 59:50. 2-time World XC winner Emily Chebet won the women’s race in a course record of 1:08:01. No info on Patrick Makau.